Municipal Affairs and Environment

Wabush Area Quarry

Proponent: Allard Distributing Ltd.

Summary of Environmental Assessment Process

Project Description:

The proponent proposes to develop a sand and gravel quarry located 15.5
kilometres east of the Town of Wabush and 1.5 kilometres south of Route 500, the
Trans Labrador Highway. The quarry area will be approximately 2 hectares in size
and access to the site will be through an existing dirt access road. The area will be
developed as an open pit operation to produce concrete aggregates such as Class A
and B road material for general construction work in western Labrador. Processing
of the material will be limited to excavation, crushing and screening and there will be
no blasting involved. The operation will typically run between May to October and it
has a potential operating life of five years.